Fiction
Loving Donovan
"Bernice L. McFadden is one of the best contemporary literary writers out there today...Her brilliance, her talent as a novelist, is the very life she breathes into all of her characters."--Terry McMillan, from the Introduction"Bernice L. McFadden was one of...
$15.95
Lagos Noir
"In the introduction to this excellent anthology, Abani welcomes readers to Lagos, Nigeria, a city of more than 21 million and an amazing amalgam of wealth, poverty, corruption, humor, bravery, and tragedy. Abani and a dozen other contributors tell stories...
$15.34
Knucklehead
Knucklehead is the only title shortlisted for the 2018 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence! "By setting his novel in the '90s, Smyer, who lives in Oakland, has crafted some brutal deja vu. As [protagonist] Marcus reflects on Rodney King, the...
$15.95
Kingston Noir (Akashic Noir)
"Thoroughly well-written stories...fans of noir will enjoy this batch of sordid tales set in the sweltering heat of the tropics."--Publishers Weekly "Kingston Noir subverts the simplistic sunshine/reggae/spliff-smoking image of Jamaica at almost every turn...The collection amply rewards the reader with a...
$18.95
John Crow’s Devil
John Crows Devil
Product details
Publisher : Oneworld Publications, London, England; First Edition (January 1, 2015)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 1780748493
ISBN-13 : 978-1780748498
Item Weight : 8.5 ounces
Dimensions : 5.1 x 0.65 x 7.8 inches
$14.90
Home Girl (HB)
"Wheatle has delivered a definitive narrative steeped in cultural philosophy and human sensibilities. Despite the foibles of his tragic characters, a redemptive quality is present--persevering--a testament of the human will to survive against all odds...Highly recommended."--Kaieteur News (Guyana) "With a tough...
$38.95
Home Girl
'Alex Wheatle is the real deal; he writes with heart and authenticity, books that make you laugh and worry and cry and hold your breath. It's a pity there's only one of him' Kit de Waal'I love Alex and all...
$13.53
Haiti Noir 2: The Classics (Akashic Noir)
Edwidge Danticat's short story from Haiti Noir 2: The Classics, "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special," was included in Ms. Magazine's Fall 2013 issue."A worthy sequel that skillfully uses a popular genre to help us better understand an often frustratingly complex and indecipherable society."--Miami...
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Haiti Noir (Akashic Noir)
"A wide-ranging collection from the beloved but besieged Caribbean island...The 36th entry in Akashic's Noir series (which ranges from Bronx to Delhi to Twin Cities) is beautifully edited, with a spectrum of voices."--Kirkus Reviews"This anthology will give American readers a complex and nuanced portrait of...
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Hairstyles of the Damned (Punk Planet Books)
Included in MTV.com's "These 17 Music-Themed YA Books Could Be Your Life"A selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program."Meno gives his proverbial coming-of-age tale a punk-rock edge, as seventeen-year-old Chicagoan Brian Oswald tries to land his first...
$14.95
Hadriana in All My Dreams
Included in "10 Best New Books to Read This May," Chicago Review of Books. "Originally published in 1988 and written by one of Haiti’s seminal authors, still with us at age 90, this vibrant, erotically charged work shows how humans...
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Grace
"Extremely deserving of its title, this gorgeous, meditative book is a graceful rendering of one couple's journeys and explorations toward and away from each other. A moving love story, it shows us how a deferred dream can erode a marriage...
$17.95
God Carlos
A Finalist for the 2014 Townsend Prize for Fiction!God Carlos has been long-listed for the OMC Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature in Trinidad."A gusty, boisterous, and entertaining slice of historical fiction. In scenes of a mixture of pride, madness, and comedy,...
$15.99
Glorious
"The seeming inevitability of cruel fate juxtaposes the triumph of the spirit in this remarkably rich and powerful novel, Glorious. Bernice McFadden's fully realized characters are complicated, imperfect beings, but if ever a character were worthy of love and honor, it...
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Getting It Right
"Osborne explores questions of race, privilege, and family loyalties without offering any false, easy answers for her two protagonists."--Booklist "Looking for an edge-of-your-seat suspense yarn? You won't find a more absorbing story than Getting It Right...In it we get to know...
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Every Boy Should Have a Man (HB)
Nominated for the 2014 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Fiction!A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Fiction Pick for 2013"Allen's concise book's power lies within its understated irony, never more heavy-handed than a preacher’s admonition that 'a world without mans is a world without us all.'...
$23.95
Every Boy Should Have a Man: A Novel
Nominated for the 2014 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Fiction!A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Fiction Pick for 2013"Allen's concise book's power lies within its understated irony, never more heavy-handed than a preacher’s admonition that 'a world without mans is a world without us all.'...
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Drifting
"An arresting account of the contemporary Haitian-American experience."--Publishers Weekly"This novel in short stories will appeal to readers of literary and Caribbean fiction."--Library Journal"Ulysse displaces and redeems her characters with formidable skill, while her precise cuts through all preconceptions....Intense and necessary."--Booklist"Humanity...
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Discretion: A Novel
A main selection of the Black Expressions Book Club. "Refreshingly ambitious in its intellectual scope."--New York Times Book Review "A captivating tale of Oufoula Sindede, an African diplomat in a passionless marriage who falls madly in love with Marguerite, a New...
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D.C. Noir 2: The Classics (Akashic Noir)
Classic reprints from: Edward P. Jones, George Pelecanos, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, James Grady, Julian Mayfield, Marita Golden, Elizabeth Hand, Julian Mazor, Ward Just, Jean Toomer, Roach Brown, Larry Neal, and others.George Pelecanos is an independent film...
$15.95